Licensure and Certification

Instructions

Georgia is the State 1.For your own state, do addiction professionals need to hold a license, credential, certification, or some other designation to work as an addiction professional?

These terms can mean different things in different states. How are they defined in your state? Locate the laws in your state that regulate and impact the credentialing, certification, and/or licensing of addiction professionals working within your specialization area in the addiction field (prevention, treatment, supervisor).

Describe where you located the laws and include the full reference for the publication or the Web site address..

2.Summarize in your own words three key content areas that are included in your state laws as they relate to professionals in your specialization area. This may include areas such as educational requirements needed for licensure, fieldwork and supervision requirements, specific required licensing and credentialing examinations, continuing education requirements for licensed professionals, grounds for suspension or revocation of a license or certification, and so on..

3.Identify the specific publications or Web sites where pending legislation and updated or revised laws pertaining to licensure and credentialing are published. Describe the steps you will take to remain current of all revisions and amendments to state laws that will impact your own credential, certificate, or license and the work you do as an addiction professional